"Those with talent who naturalise today can easily leave the country of adoption for greener pasture tomorrow; it is what these developed countries do to keep them there that really matters.

Between the hard-working stateless man who has spent much of his life toiling on Malaysian soil and the corrupt politician who continues to squander our national wealth, it does not take a genius to distinguish who is the real patriot." By Josh Hong in Malaysiakini

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JAKARTA, May 31 — Indonesian model Manohara Odelia Pinot, whose family claimed was abused, fled for home today from Singapore where the royal family was accompanying the ill royalty undergoing medical treatment.

Local press reports say the Indonesian-American beauty met her mother Daisy Fajarina in the city-state and flew home this morning.

She met reporters and told them she was no longer in love with the prince, whom she accused of sexual abuse and violence.

“I am afraid of the daily sex abuse and violence,” the Banjarmasin Post quoted the 17-year-old as saying.

She married the prince last August 26 but her mother claimed she was kept incommunicado last February 26 after the family went to Mecca for a pilgrimage.

“I don’t sleep every day until about 4am in fear of getting an injection or being drugged,” said the model who was named one of Indonesia’s 100 Precious Women by Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

Family lawyer Yuli Andre Darma told reporters that Manohara has yet to decide her future and will stay at the family home in Slipi, west Jakarta.

The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) calls on ASEAN to suspend Myanmar’s membership in the regional bloc if the country’s military regime continues to detain its democracy leader, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s unjust current six-year house arrest is due to expire on 27 May 2009, but the regime has brought on further trumped-up charges against her and is likely to detain her for a further three to five years.

Several ASEAN member states have expressed deepening concern about the regime’s detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. However, ASEAN leaders have failed to take the measures necessary to compel the regime to end violations of human rights.

an international inquiry of 15 years of human rights abuses in Myanmar

like those conducted for atrocities in Darfur, Rwanda and Yugoslavia

The reimposition of restrictions on reporters and diplomats attending the trial of Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi a day after opening up the proceedings yesterday betray the true colours of the Myanmar military junta with regard to its utter disregard to universal principles of human rights and the ASEAN Charter.

Netherlands Ambassador to Jakarta:

What is and isn’t Islam?

It is not only important to explain what Islam really is, but it is also important to make a distinction between what Islam involves, and what people have incorrectly associated with and attributed to it.

What is the relation between Islam and the actions of people that practice the Muslim faith? In my opinion there are many things which have very little to do with Islam as a religion, but are nevertheless ascribed to it because the people who are linked to it happen to be Muslims.

Malaysian Groups day dreams of Asean to end non-interference policy

Sorry for changing the heading just to reflect the reality. We all could day dream but we could not use the bamboo piece to straiten the ASEAN bitch’s curled tail as the Burmese saying, ” Khwe Mee Kauk- Kyi Tauk Swoot Thalo”.

PETALING JAYA: Activists are calling on Asean to abandon its non-interference policy to check human right abuses in the region.

Hakam honorary secretary-general Syamala Segaran said it was high time Asean reviewed this policy as part of its preparations to facilitate the formation of the Asean Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children.

Myanmar buried alive in landslide at

Malaysian Police General Operations Force (GOF) camp

Comment: Malaysian Police would not even bother to even consider paying compensation. The contractor, subcontractor, the agents and Myanmar Embassy in Malaysia would also would not help. It is up to the friends to donate for burial or the body would be just left at hospital motury. I had an experience like that about a dozen years ago. The hospital officer was willing to bury because they had already contracted a caretaker burial company. He just wanted the Myanmar Embassy to confirm the religion and they would bury or cremate according to the dead person’s religion. He told me that he had a bad experience of a dream, in which a dead body came back and scolded him for cremating him without properly investigate about his religion, Islam. Myanmar Embassy failed to respond even after repeated official requests.